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package java.text.spi;

import java.text.Collator;
import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.spi.LocaleServiceProvider;

/**
 * An abstract class for service providers that
 * provide concrete implementations of the
 * {@link java.text.Collator Collator} class.
 *
 * @since 1.6
 */
public abstract class CollatorProvider extends LocaleServiceProvider {

  /**
   * Sole constructor.  (For invocation by subclass constructors, typically
   * implicit.)
   */
  protected CollatorProvider() {
  }

  /**
   * Returns a new <code>Collator</code> instance for the specified locale.
   *
   * @param locale the desired locale.
   * @return the <code>Collator</code> for the desired locale.
   * @throws NullPointerException if <code>locale</code> is null
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if <code>locale</code> isn't one of the locales returned from
   * {@link java.util.spi.LocaleServiceProvider#getAvailableLocales() getAvailableLocales()}.
   * @see java.text.Collator#getInstance(java.util.Locale)
   */
  public abstract Collator getInstance(Locale locale);
}
